A High-School Student Has Learned That She Cannot Graduate

A high-school student has learned that she cannot graduate.Her boyfriend will be attending a college out of state that she also planned to attend.She is admitted to a psychiatric unit after overdosing on Tylenol.Which is the correctly written priority nursing diagnosis for this client?

A) Ineffective coping R/T situational crisis AEB powerlessness
B) Anxiety R/T fear of failure
C) Risk for self-directed violence R/T hopelessness
D) Risk for low self-esteem R/T loss events AEB suicidal ideations

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